RED CROSS WORK ON MUTILES, AT PARIS, 1918 Part 1

Description

Red Cross workers in Paris make masks for French and U.S. soldiers whose faces have been disfigured. Plaster molds of the wounded men's faces are made; wax models of the heads are made from the molds; and copper is deposited on the wax models by electrolysis. Contrasts the face of a wounded soldier with and without a completed plastic mask.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films